Vettel and Ricciardo explain massive gap to Mercedes

SPA: Sebastian Vettel has blamed a lack of power from his Renault engine for the massive gap between his third placed Red Bull and the two Mercedes on the front row of the grid for Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.

And his Australian team-mate Daniel Ricciardo said Red Bull had set his car up for a dry race, expected on Saturday, not for the wet qualifying conditions experienced on Friday.

"The reason we're behind is fairly simple," said Vettel. "We know we are down on power. Mercedes can run a bit more wing level, they have more down-force and can still take that wing on the straight - it's the reason.